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• Christine Foden, Stockport, Groot Brittanië († 2001)
• Hennie Smit, Uithuizermeeden (gem. Het Hogeland) († 1952)
• Marguerite Neven, Wellen, België († 2022)
• Antonius Joseph Maria Starreveld († 1994)
• Leo Pieter van der Noll, Rotterdam († 1980)
• Eddy De Smet, Haaltert († 1952)
• Diane Lyn Huibregtse († 2002)
• Duane Allan Bohlsen
• Cornelis Daniël Adrianus Broekhof, Leiden,, Zuid-Holland, Nederland († 2023)
• Candice McEwan, Toronto, Ontario, Canada († 2007)

• Achiedl August Van Poucke (69), Huise, Oost-Vlaanderen, Belgique
• Adriana Pieternella Binkhorst (77), Dinteloord en Prinsenland, Nederland
• Aaltje van het Hul (86), Heerde, Gelderland, Nederland
• Egbert HOTZ (72), Apeldoorn, Gelderland, Nederland
• Anna Maria Ammerlaan (52)
• dirk hoogenboezem (72), bodegraven (zuid holland)
• Adrianus Johannes Jacobus Kerckhof (72), Raamsdonk, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Anna Jeens Veenstra (92), Apeldoorn, Gelderland, Netherlands
• Everardus Henricus Johannes van der Heijden
• Allan Andrew Armstrong (95), Marinette, Marinette, Wisconsin, Verenigde Staten

• 1948 » Richard Dembo, French director and screenwriter († 2004)
• 1949 » Jim Broadbent, English actor
• 1949 » Roger Deakins , English cinematographer
• 1953 » Alfred Molina, English actor
• 1955 » Philippe Lafontaine, Belgian singer and songwriter
• 1955 » Rajesh Roshan, Indian composer
• 1955 » Rosanne Cash, American singer-songwriter and guitarist
• 1956 » Dominic Grieve, English lawyer and politician, Attorney General for England and Wales
• 1956 » Larry Blackmon, American singer-songwriter and producer
• 1956 » R. B. Bernstein, American constitutional historian

• 1941 » Lancelot Holland, English admiral (b. 1887)
• 1945 » Robert Ritter von Greim, German field marshal and pilot (b. 1892)
• 1948 » Jacques Feyder, Belgian actor, director, and screenwriter (b. 1885)
• 1949 » Alexey Shchusev, Russian architect, designed Lenin's Mausoleum and Moscow Kazanskaya railway station (b. 1873)
• 1950 » Archibald Wavell, 1st Earl Wavell, English field marshal and politician, 43rd Governor-General of India (b. 1883)
• 1951 » Thomas N. Heffron, American actor, director, screenwriter (b. 1872)
• 1956 » Martha Annie Whiteley, English chemist and mathematician (b. 1866)
• 1958 » Frank Rowe, Australian public servant (b. 1895)
• 1959 » John Foster Dulles, American soldier, lawyer, and politician, 52nd United States Secretary of State (b. 1888)
• 1963 » Elmore James, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (b. 1918)

1. Johannes
2. Jan
3. Cornelis
4. Hendrik
5. Willem
6. Peter
7. Gerrit
8. Robert
9. Pieter
10. Petrus
11. Jacobus
12. Gerardus
13. Adrianus
14. John
15. Paul
16. Dirk

1. Maria
2. Johanna
3. Anna
4. Cornelia
5. Elisabeth
6. Wilhelmina
7. Catharina
8. Adriana
9. Hendrika
10. Petronella
11. Margaretha
12. Mary
13. Marie
14. Aaltje
15. Geertruida
16. Linda

• Koningin Juliana (Huis van Oranje-Nassau) was from September 4, 1948 till April 30, 1980 sovereign of the Netherlands (also known as Koninkrijk der Nederlanden)
• In The Netherlands , there was from March 15, 1951 to September 2, 1952 the cabinet Drees I, with Dr. W. Drees (PvdA) as prime minister.
• In The Netherlands , there was from September 2, 1952 to October 13, 1956 the cabinet Drees II, with Dr. W. Drees (PvdA) as prime minister.
• The Netherlands had about 10.3 million citizens.
• February 15 » King George VI of the United Kingdom is buried in St George's Chapel, Windsor Castle.
• June 26 » The Pan-Malayan Labour Party is founded in Malaya, as a union of statewide labour parties.
• July 23 » General Muhammad Naguib leads the Free Officers Movement (formed by Gamal Abdel Nasser, the real power behind the coup) in overthrowing King Farouk of Egypt.
• July 26 » King Farouk of Egypt abdicates in favor of his son Fuad.
• November 25 » Korean War: After 42 days of fighting, the Battle of Triangle Hill ends with Chinese victory, American and South Korean units abandon their attempt to capture the "Iron Triangle".
• November 29 » Korean War: U.S. President-elect Dwight D. Eisenhower fulfills a campaign promise by traveling to Korea to find out what can be done to end the conflict.

The temperature on May 24, 1952 was between 9.0 °C and 15.2 °C and averaged 11.6 °C. There was 3.4 hours of sunshine (21%). The almost completely overcast was. The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the north-northwest.